A multicenter cohort study of osimertinib compared with afatinib as first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer from practical dataset: CJLSG1903

K. Ito, M. Morise, K. Wakuda, O. Hataji, T. Shimokawaji, K. Takahashi, N. Furuya, Y. Takeyama, Y. Goto, T. Abe, T. Kato, S. Ozone, S. Ikeda, Y. Kogure, T. Yokoyama, M. Kimura, H. Yoshioka, K. Murotani, M. Kondo, H. Saka

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Abstract

Background: FLAURA, the prospective trial of osimertinib as a first-line therapy compared with first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), did not show superior survival benefit for osimertinib in either the subgroup of Asians or the subgroup with the L858R mutation. In addition, the superiority of osimertinib compared with second-generation EGFR-TKI is thus far unclear. Patients and methods: We reviewed the clinical data of all consecutive patients who were treated with osimertinib or afatinib as first-line therapy between May 2016 and October 2019 from 15 institutions in Japan. We defined the groups based on first-line EGFR-TKI as the afatinib group and the osimertinib group. Outcomes included time to discontinuation of any EGFR-TKI (TD-TKI), overall survival (OS), and time to treatment failure, with propensity score analysis carried out as an exploratory analysis in the survival and subgroup analyses. Results: A total of 554 patients were enrolled. Data on 326 patients in the osimertinib group, and 224 patients in the afatinib group were analyzed. TD-TKI adjusted by propensity score in the afatinib and osimertinib groups was 18.6 months (95% confidence interval 15.8 to 22.0) and 20.5 months (95% confidence interval 13.8 to not reached), respectively, without significant difference (P = 0.204). OS adjusted by propensity score favored the afatinib group with a significant difference (P = 0.018). Subgroup analysis with propensity score showed that patients with L858R and without brain metastasis had superior survival benefit with afatinib compared with osimertinib (P < 0.001). Conclusions: TD-TKI in the afatinib group was not significantly prolonged compared with the osimertinib group in the practical data. In the exploratory analysis of patients with L858R-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer without brain metastasis, afatinib showed more benefit in OS over osimertinib.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100115
JournalESMO Open
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06-2021
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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